stoop

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for stoop

stoop 🔊 /stuˈp/

stoop : යටත් වෙනවා

stoop : නමනවා

stoop : එබෙනවා

stoop : වක ගැසෙනවා

stoop : නතිය

stoop : වක ගැසීම

stoop : ඉදිරියට නැමෙනවා

stoop : කුදය

stoop : ඉදිරියට නැමීම

stoop definition

Noun.

  1. Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perroNoun. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door.
  2. A vessel of liquor; a flagon.
  3. A post fixed in the earth.
  4. The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders.
  5. Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation.
  6. The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.
  2. To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
  3. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
  4. To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.
  5. To sink when on the wing; to alight.

Transitive verb.

  1. To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body.
  2. To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.
  3. To cause to submit; to prostrate.
  4. To degrade.